Modern communication systems enable the efficient vertical integration, which became a key technology for modern automation systems. Due to Ethernet and wireless technologies, especially heterogeneous network structures arise and cause enormous challenges for the integrated engineering of communication systems. Well known experts as well as own analysis confirm, that the requested openness of the systems is very constricted. For this reason, the present work develops an open communication platform, where the communication is encapsulated and openness is ensured. Therefore a layered architecture is defined and used as a basis for the model of the open communication in the entire field level. This builds the foundation for the development of the new solution. The tenability of the solution is proven by a prototype, which was extensively tested against use cases. «

Modern communication systems enable the efficient vertical integration, which became a key technology for modern automation systems. Due to Ethernet and wireless technologies, especially heterogeneous network structures arise and cause enormous challenges for the integrated engineering of communication systems. Well known experts as well as own analysis confirm, that the requested openness of the systems is very constricted. For this reason, the present work develops an open communication platfo... »